Enoch P. Kavindele (born 7 July 1950) is a

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and politician who served as the seventh

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from 2001 until 2003.

Biography

Kavindele began his business career in the 1970s when he established Woodgate Holdings. He was originally a member of the

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(UNIP) and was elected to the

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in the Chingola constituency in a

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in 1987. In 1991 he launched a leadership challenge to

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, but withdrew after receiving little support. He was the UNIP candidate in Chingola in the 1991 general elections, but was heavily defeated by

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of the

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(MMD). In 1992 he left UNIP to form the United Democratic Party, which gained several seats on local councils. However, he later dissolved the party the following year and joined the MMD. A

was held in Chingola in 1995 after Sondashi defected to the National Party and Kavindele was chosen as the MMD candidate. After winning the by-election with 86% of the vote, he became a member of the National Assembly again. He retained the seat in the 1996 general elections with a 14,000 majority. He was subsequently appointed Minister of Science and Technology. In 1997 he was moved to become Minister of Commerce Trade and Industry. However, he was sacked in September 1998. Kavindele was appointed Minister of Health in 2000, a post he held until being appointed Vice-President in 2001 by President

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. In the December 2001 general elections he ran as the MMD candidate in Kabompo West. He defeated the incumbent MP Daniel Kalenga and was elected with a majority of 1,756. He was removed from his post of Vice-President by new President

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in May 2003. Prior to the 2006 general elections, Kavindele was not selected as the MMD candidate for Kabompo West and was replaced by former opponent Daniel Kalenga. He contested the elections as an independent, giving up his MMD membership, but was defeated by Kalenga by over 2,000 votes. Kavindele later became Chair of the North-Western Railway Company.Minister to meet Kavindele
Times of Zambia, 5 March 2018

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kavindele, Enoch 1950 births Living people 20th-century Zambian businesspeople United National Independence Party politicians Movement for Multi-Party Democracy politicians Members of the National Assembly of Zambia Higher Education ministers of Zambia Commerce, Trade and Industry ministers of Zambia Health ministers of Zambia Vice-presidents of Zambia Place of birth missing (living people)